Definition of "dictation"

(countable, uncountable) Dictating, the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words.  examples

(countable, uncountable) An activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down.  quotations  examples

(countable) The act of ordering or commanding.  quotations  examples

(uncountable) Orders given in an overbearing manner.  examples